Barak Swarttz

I feel safer in Israel than I do in the United States of America.

Wow.

And I'm white Caucasian saying that.

It's crazy that like even you asked me that, but I think a lot of people share that same sentiment.

When I would go back to Israel, there would be people who would hit me up on Facebook or Instagram and be like, you good?

Now I live there in a very complicated place.

But when I step outside of Tel Aviv, my house, people have this idea that like I'm ducking from like bullets.

Thank you for having me, man.

This is the tail end of my trip, but we're going to grind through this one.

I was on Roseanne Barr's podcast in Texas.

I was in LA to see a few friends, some work stuff, and then my family's in Boston.

Nice.

So I've been Boston, Texas, New York, you.

Wow.

Head back to Israel on Sunday.

Let's go.

You grew up in Boston, right?

born in boston yeah suburbs in newton um i both of my parents come from the rabbinical background so when i was six years old we went to israel i was in jerusalem for 2001 2002 2003. it was during the um the second intifada so it was just like a really difficult time in terms of tension within the middle east so i got exposed to a very different reality at like six seven eight years old wow

And car bomb went off on my street when I was walking to school with my brother.

Holy crap.